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ALvO0L. X v. M1ANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31% 1899.6O.51MANY WRECKS.The Past Six Months Marked byMarine Disasters.LIST OF VESSELS LOST.It Will Be Seen that a GreatDeal of Property andMany Lives WereLost.While ocean travel to-day is surrounded with all the safeguards that ingenuity can devise, and men of the bestjudgment and experience are placed incharge of vessels. news of great marinedisasters is constantly being reported.Boston has been almost a stormcentre during the past winter and thelosses in marine circles reach high intothe millions, while the losses of life areappalling large. Fishing vessels andsmaller craft are almost daily lost, andthe aggreate is large, and the losses ofsteamship; and large occean liners,while infrequent, are occurring too often to be carelessly disregarded by thosewho follow the sea or have friends whoare on the vasty deep.The news of the disaster to the Parisnear Falmouth, Eng, is ancther causeof apprehension.The following is a list of the digasters among the larger vessels occurringduring the past six months. This listmay not be complete, but it includesenough vessels to show the enormouslosses of life and property.The November storm was the cause ofmany marine losses. One of the vessels that was never heard from afterpassing Highland light, November 29,was the steamer Pentagoet. She wasmanaged by the Manhattan Company ofNew York and was captained by OrrisR. Ingraham. She carried a crew of 1Sofficers and men. All were lost and thewreck has never be-en located.The most disastrous loss of the November storm was the steamer Portland.She carried on board about 200 peopleand everyone perished.There were 155 or more wrecks inthe great storm of November. Manyof them were afterward reparied, butthe majority went to the battom to stayforever.The Londonian, one of the FurnessLine steamers, was abandoned at sea,November 29 she was sighted by a craftand was in a 4inking condition. Allher crew, except one escaped. Thevessel and cargo were lost.There were several steamships lostjust previous to the big storm. TheClyde steamship Croaton burst intoflames while on her trip from New Yorkto Wilmington, N. C., November 5,and of the 27 persons who sailed in herfive were drowned. The vessel wastotally destroyed.The British ship Atlanta, Capt.Charles McBride, pling frc.m Tacomato Cape Town. was lost 16 miles southof Yaquima Boy, Oregon, November20. There were 23 lives lost, includingall the officers of the ship.The Johnson Line steamer Rossmore,loaded with salt and china clay, wasabandoned in midocan February 6.The Dutch oil tank steamer Rotterdamand the Brittish steamer Trojan rescued forty-two lives. The vessel wentto the bottom.The Dominion Line royal mail steamer Labrador was lost on the southcoast of Ireland March 1. The passengers and crew escaped safely.The French steamer Dugueselin andeleven of her crew were lost off TrevoseHead January 5. She collided withthe Rosshire. One man from the Rosshirer was also drowned. The survivors were picked up by the Norwegiansteamer Fram and transferred to a pilotboat, which took them to Falmnouth.England.The British steamer Oswestry, Capt.Wilson, stranded, a total wreck, March12, near Crookheaven, Ireland. Thecrew was saved by the bravery of thepeople along shore.The steamer Castilian, of the AllanLine, was totally wrecked on GannetLedge March 11. No lives were lost.OThe steamer Caratina, which sailedfrom Barcolona March S for Havana,went ashore at Valencia March 13. Herpassengars and crew were safely landed.January 16 the British ship An lelina,Cart. G. W. Stailing, was lost in heavywinds near the St. Paul and TacomaLumber Company's dock, Tacoma,Washington.A severe storm visited the Englishcoast October 18 and nine lives werelost. The bark Frivold, the Augvaldand schooner Wilheim went down.In the Orient on the same date disastrous typhoons; sand storms and floodscasda fearful loss of life. In Japan2,000.people were drowned and 250towns were flooded. The Americanbark Comet was abandoned by her crewand was lost.IT'he Merchants' and Miners Liiesteamer William Lawrence was wreckedin a gale off Port Royal, S. C., Februaary 12.The Moravia, Capt. Jorgensen, sailed from-Hamburg for Boston, was lostFebruary 1'3 on Sable Island bar. Herpassengers and part of her cargo weresaved by the steamer Aberdeen. Thesecond mate lost his life.The steamer Ravenia, Cunard Line,was totalty disabled at sea near theAzores about two months ago, but aftera trying experience she was broughtsafely to Liv~erpool witbout the loss ofany lives.The boiler of the steamer iR >wenaLee, plying on the Mississippi, with 31passengers and crew, exploded oppositeTyler, Mo., March 29. Capt. GeorgeCarvell and one member of the crewwere the only ones saved.The British steamer Stello was wrecked in the English Channel March 30.She foundered on the dreaded Casquetrocks near the island of Aldernay in afog. Passengers and crew to the nunaber of sixty were lost, but about 150escaped in life boats.The steamer Chilkat, with six passengers and a crew of thirteen, capsized on tne bar April 4 in San Franciscoharbor. Nine persons escaped, but theother ten were lost.The steamship Norseman, of the Warren Line, bound from Livorpool to Baston, struck on the rocks off MarbleheadMarch 29. The vessel was b.adly damaged, but was taken off and repairad atTHE CROPS AND WEATHER.What the Department of AgricultureSays About Them.The United States department of agriculture, climate and erop bulletin ofthe weather bureau, South Carolinasection, has just issued the followingweekly crop bulletin for the week ending Tuesday, through Director Bauer.of the Columbia station:The week ending May 22 averagednearly S degrees per day warmer thanusual, with an absolute range of temperature between a maximum of 90 anda minimum of 47 degrees.The rainfall for the week eame in theform of scattered showers on the 18th,with no rain over a large portion of theState, and generally very light exceptin portions of Yck County, where aheavy shower oocurred. Showery conditions prevailel at the close of theweek over the entire State, with heavyrains in some of the western counties.that will partially relieve the existingdrought.The dry weather was favorable forcultivation, and crops are generally freefrom grass and weeds. In places theground is too hard to work.Late planted corn is coming up slowly, stands ar irregular and damaged inlocalities by worms; bottom lands arebeing planted where the soil is fit toplough.Cotton that is up has not been hurtby the drought. but late planted cottonis not coming up well; considerable remains to be planted as soon as the landscan be prepared. Stands are generallyfull and healthy, but small. Sea islandcottou is in very good condition.Wheat is heading low and ripeningprematurely in places, oa account of thedrought, and in places the yield will bebut half an average crop.Oats have been severely damaged bythe lack of moisture when heading, andspring sown oats are reported a partialor complete failure; fall sown oats willalso make a poor crop. Harvesting hasbegun.Tobacco needs rain both to maintainstands and to finish transplanting; bugsand grasshoppers have injured theplants in a number of counties.Rice is generally doing well, and prearations are well advanced for late orJune plantings.Few sweet potato slips have been setout. Irish potatoes need rain, andColorado beetles are very destructive.Cane and relons are doing well. Pastures and gardens are failing. Fruitcontinues to drop, with indications of alight crop except for apples. Truckneeds rain, although shipments of seasonable vegetables are heavy.Information Wanted.Gov. Ellerbe has received the following letter from Mr. Thomas S. Hastings, 27th west Forty-sixth street,New York city:Dear Sir: At the battle of Meade'sstation, March 25, 1S65, G. W. Strait,Co. A., Twelfth (or Seventeenth SouthCarolina volunteers, Wallace's Brigade, Johnson's division, was mortallywounded and died while I was therepreaching temporarily in the army ofthe north. I did not see him, butsome one gave me a New Testament,(the gift of his sister. S. B. Strait),which was found in his pocket. Ofcourse at that time I could not send thebook to his family. All these years itbas been hidden and forgotton, but theother day I found it among some relics.I feel that I ought not to keep it, but Iam utterly at a loss as to how I canreach any survivor of his family. Ifyou, sir, can give the matter in chargeof some veteran of Strait's company orreiment, I will gladly send the volumeby mail, for it might be to some one avalued memorial. Pardon me fortroubling you with so small a matter.My address for the summer is Oceanic,New Jersey.Old Age Weds Old Age.The Rev. E. M. Merritt writing fromBayboro in this week's issue of theSouthern Christian Advocate, tells of amarriage that is considerably out ofthe ordinary. He says: "A very interesting and unusual marriage occurredin our community on Monday evening,the 15th of May. Mr. Bethel Long ofColumbus county, N. C.. and Mrs. H-arriette L. Strickland of Horry county,S. C., were united together by thiswriter in the holy bonds of wedlock.The groom is 75 years of age and thebride is 633 years old. They had neverseen each others' faces until they metto have the ceremony performed. Theircourtship was brief and was conductedby the friends of both parties in differet States. They seem to be wellpleased with each other. Both arewell-to-do. It is hoped that this unionwill enhance the happiness of both during their declining years."Schley is the Hero.A dispatch from Washington to theAtlanta Journal says nothing couldbetter illustrate the estimate put onAdmiral Sampson than the decorationshere during the present peace jubilee.While likenesses of the president andWeeler, Lee and Dewey are in abundane, that of Admiral Schley is overevery other building on Pennsylvaniaavenue. It is a noticeable fact, andone commented on in the papers here,that the face of Sampson is not seenthrougout the length of Pennsylvaniaavenue. His name is on rnone of thebanners, while those of Hobson, Wheeler, Dewey, Otis and Schley are everywhere, and cheered lustily everywhere.This omission is especially significantwhen it is remembered that most ofSampson's life has been spent in Washington. and that he calls it home.A Lynching in Mexico.There was great excitement at Saniolo. Mexico, on Wednesday over thelynching of seven Negro laborers of theMexican Central railroad. Jose Santoa Spanish Negro. attempted to assaultthe wife of Senor Duply, a ranch owner,and, escaping from the plantation, wastracked by bloodhounds, and, in company with nine others, was captured ina hut on the river bank opposite EaglePass. The regulators did not attemptto prove the guilt of any of the Negroes,but hung three of them and shot fourmore who were attempting to escape.The officials are swearing in deputies,as race trouble is treatencd in theNegro quarter. Pour of the Negroeskilled are Americans, and all haveserved sentences in the Texas penitenItiary.AGAINST TRUSTS.I A Great Gathering of Anti-Monopolists in St. Louis.SOUNDING THE BATTLE CRY.Bryan Says the Fight AgainstOppression of Trusts is Handand Hand With Fightfor Free Silver.A bi--,, Democratic Anti-Trust banquet was held at St. Louis, Mo., Thursday night. Promptly at 6:45 the caterer's direction bell rang, the band struckup "The Stars and Stripes forever," anarmy of waters ladened with viands appeared, and the banquet was on, whilethe 1,445 banqueters seated at thetables broke into a tremendous cheer,rising in a body and waving the smallhand flags that had been provided ateach cover. The table of honor wasplaced on a raised platform at thenorth side of the arena and at it wereseated Hon. W. J. Bryan, ex-GovernorJohn P. Altgeld, 0. H1. P. Belmont,1. C. Whetmore, Harry B. Hawes,president of the Jefferson club, underwhose auspices the dinner was given,Hon. Champ Clark, lion. David A. DeArmond a number of other prominentDemocrats. The Coliseum was decorated throughout with flags and in thecentre of these was fixed a large silvershield.The dinner was concluded at 8o'clock. It was strictly a love feast.By the time the tables were cleared the5.000 seats of the amphitheatre werefilled with spectators representing thesociety of St. Louis and the speakingbegan. The first speaker of the evening was Harry B. Hawes, president ofthe Jefferson club, who delivered theaddress of welcome. Mr. Hawes said,in part:"It was not intended that this dinner should be merely the means of affordn entertainment, but it was believed by its promoters that the seriousdiscussions to be held tonight will bethe crystalizing public sentimentagainst the encroachment upon the liberties of the people of the giant monopolies and trusts. It is not sought or desired to push to the back-ground thevital issues of 1896, nor to lessen inany particular the fight to be made uponthe greatest of all trusts, the moneytrust, which, greater than all, is moredangerous than all, and by its existencerenders possible many combinations ofwealth, that, without it, could not survive. The battle line must be drawnsharp and clear with Democracy on onehand and the trusts and the monopolieson the other."President Hawes was followed byiHon. Champ Clark of Missouri, whopresented the State and district bannersin the name of the State committee.Mr. Clark was greeted with a tremendous ovation."Trusts are Democracy," occupiedCol. M. C. Wetmore of St. Louis buta few minutes. His remarks weregreeted with cheers.He was followed by Hon. David E.DeArmond of Missouri, who spoke upon"trusts and its parents."A FLATTERING RECEPTION.The applause which met Mr. Bryanwas of the most flattering description.The cheers drowned the music whichstruck up "Hold the Fort," as he advanced to the front of the rostrum.MIr. Bryan spoke as follows:"An actor who visited Nebraska recently, upon learning from a Republican that confidence had been restored,remarked that he had examined Webster's dictionary to learn what 'confidence' meant and found confidence defined as 'trust,' and then he understoodthat confidence had been really restored."More trusts have been formed during the last two years than existed .atthe beginning of the present administration, and the nominal capitalizationof trusts now in existence approaches,'if it does not equal in amount theworld's total supply of gold and silver."The influence of these trusts hasbecome so enormous that the people,without respect to party, are askingthemselves how the evil can be remedied."The purpose of the trusts is to control the product of some article of merchandise. and the methods employedare, first, the union of all individualfactories under one management or inone corporation, and, second, tne crushing sut of new rivals. A monopoly,when once complete, not only dictatesterms to those who buy the product,but it also dictates terms to those whosell the raw material and to those whofurnish the labor. If the trusts areperitted to continue we shall find anindustrial aristocracy growing up in theUnited States which will prove as destructive of our ideals as a landed aristocracy would.TRUSTS FEED TILE GREED."The principle of monopoly is incompatible with our institutions. Man'snecessities compel him to become apurchaser, and where there is but oneseller the purchaser is completely atthe mercy of the seller. Where thereis competition between producers, thepurchasers is sure to obtain what hewants at a reasonable price. Whencompetion is eliminated the price iscontrolled not by reason, but by thegreed of the one who possesses themonopoly.It has been said that the power totax is a power to destroy. A monopolypossesses the power to tax: it can levysuch assessments as it will upon thepurchaser, and we can no more affordto permit such a power to be exercisedby private individuals than we cou'dafford to authorize private individualsto use the machinery of taxation inorder to enrich himself at the expenseof his fellows.-One of the difliculties which hasbeen encountered in opposing trusts isthat the trusts hides behind the federalconstitution when attacked by Statelegislation. and shields itself behindits State charter when altacked in thefederal courts. No remedy will becomplete that is not co-extensive withIthe federal goveinment. if the extinguishment of the trusts is left to Statelegislation the public at large will bevictimized as long as a single State willspoils collected in other States can bedivided.. TIME TO BE STARTLED."Just now people are startled by theprinciple of monopoly as it manifestsitself in the industrial trust, and wellmay they be startled. The principle,however, is the same as that whichmanifebts itself in the effort of thenational bankers that eecure a monopoly of the issue of paper money."The greenback is a rival of the banknote and its presence is a constant menace to the banks of issue. Some whorecognize the evils that flow from asoap trust seen indifferent to the dangers that attend the formation of a paper money trust."The principle of monopoly not onlylies at the foundation of the attempt todestroy the greenbacks, but it is thecontrolling principle that underlies thecrusade against silver as a standardmoney. Between 1850 and 1860, whenthe production of gold was increasingand the production of silver was small,three nations demonetized gold andgave to silver a monopoly of mint privileges. Early in the '70's the financiersbecame alarmed at the increase in theproduction of silver as a standard mon -ey and cave a monopoly to gold. theproduction of which at that time wasstationary. The standard money trustis not only the parent trust. but is inthe hands of foreigners.REPUBLICANS IMPOTENT.The Republican party is impotent todestroy the trusts. It is controlled bythose who are interested in trusts, andits campaign funds and si::ews of warare supplied by the trusts. The policies for which it now stands disregardthe interests of the producers of wealthand give the money a considerationwhich is denied to the individual."Abraham Linecln, in the very beginring of his presidential career,warned the country against the threatened attempt to put capital above laborin the stucture of the government.Modern Republicanism is fulfilling theprophecy made by Lincoln, it is puttingthe dollor above the man."The Democratic party is opposed tothe principle of monopoly whereever itmanifests itself. It has declared waron the trusts. Not a little trust onlybut big trust as well. Not against onekind of trust only but against alltrusts.0. IL P. Belmont of New York declared for Bryan for president and vigorously attacked trusts.Former Gov. Altgeld of Illinois concluded the speaking.An overflow meeting was addressedby Mr. Bryan and others.Three White Men Lynched.Three white men, James Humphreysand his two sons, were lynched Thursday night near the village of Aley, inHenderson county, Texas. Severalmonths ago Constable Melton of theAley precinct, was murdered and themurderer esoaped, it is said. throughthe assistance of the Humphreys.Thursday night a mob of 13 maskedmen appeared at the Humphreys homestead and called the father and two sonsout. They permitted them to see thewomen of the family, whom they informed in a spirit of charity that themen were to be taken to Malakoff, afew miles distant, before a justice ofthe peace, and perhaps to the countyjail at Athens. The bodies of thethree men were found hanging from thelimb of aq oak tree, three miles fromthe Humphreys farm.A Sad Drowning.Mr. Peb Hall and a Miss Radfordwere drowned Wednesday in the BigOhoopee near Lovett, Ga. The youngcouple, with many others, were picnicing on the banks of the stream at SnelleBridge and it was while they were outboat riding that the boat suddenly became unbalanced, throwing both parties into the stream. They cried forassistance from those who stood uponthe banks not far away, but before theycould reach the drowning couple theyhad sank to the bottom of the strea mdead. Their bodies were fished outlate Wednesday afternoon, swollen outof shape. Both are young and well to do,and their sudden death casts a gloomover the neighborhood in which theylived.First Regiment's Flags.The war department has granted therequest of the adjutant general ofSouth Carolina for the custody of theflags of the First South Carolina regiment, United States volunteers in thewar with Spaiu. The two handsomeflags arrived from Washington yesterday and are at present in the adjutantgenera's office at the State capitolalong with those of the Second regiment. The flags will be properly caredfor and will probaby be placed in theState library room where they can beseen by visitors.The adjutant general's office has gotteni the copies of the muster rolls ofboth the regiments, and Ge2. Floydsays he proposes to keep the recordfrom the start as it should be.He Did Not Escape.In a wild endeavor to escape frompatrolmen in Atlanta, after havingbeen arrested on a charge of larceny,Ed Stevens, a negro, jumped into aa well forty feet deep with about tenfeet of water in it Monday afternoon,and as a result he is how stretched outon the floor in the station house in amost serious condition. The negrocame near drowning before he could bepulled from the well, and had it notbeen that he had presence of mindenough to grasp the rope he wouldhave undoubtedly filled a watery graveeven before the officers could arrive onthe scene.Swift Justice.Charles Colquitt, the Negro who attempted to ravish Eugenia Dooley,white, last Sunday night week at HighShoals, was tried Thursday by JudgeRussell at W'atkinsville. Colquitt entered a plea of guilty and was sentencedto a term of 20 years in the penitentiary. This is the maximum penaltyfor unaccomplished attempt at criminalassault upon a woman under the Georgia jaw.Our War Casualties.Adjutant General Corbin has prepared this statement of the number ofdeaths which have occurred in the armysince the besinning of the war withSpain: In Cuba, 1,399; in Porto Rico,27; at Honolulu, 45; in the Philippines, 664; in trhe United States, 3,872NEW RAILROADS.Seven Hundred Miles Built in thePast Decade.SOME INTERESTING FIGUERSThe Last Ten Years Has Witnessed Marked. and Wonderful Improvements in RoadBeds and RollingStock.It has not been so many years agosince the lumbering old "wood burners" poured great clouds of smoke outof their awkward looking, conical shaped smoke stacks. as the "cars" draggedalong over South Carolina's primitiverailway lines. The evolution of thelocomotive within the past decade hasbeen remarkable, but is merely an indication of the growth of railroadsand the railroad business in the State.In this day of consolidation, of development, of construction, the publicis ready to forget that this new era hasnot dawned in a day. The year 1899has indeed begun auspiciously, and thepromise is that several hundred milesof new railroads will be built in thenext few months.However this is not a boom, a spurious growth, but is founded upon slowand substantial and steady development during the past decade. Andcan any section of the union have moreto be proud of than the south, when iti5 considered how compitte, how widespread the ruin of the railr;ads in theSouth during the war between theStates?During the ten years closing with1898, many miles of new roads had beenconstructed in this State. This assertion is verified by reference to the reports of the railroad commission forthe years 1888 and 1898 respectively.The statistics for the former yearshow the following to have been themileage for that year: -Name of Road. Miles.Asheville and Spartanburg. .24 25Ashley River road.............. 4.Atlanta and Charlotte .......125Barnwell railway.. ..........9Bishopyille railroad......... 22.5Blackville, Alston and Newberry 24.Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley... 14 7Central of South Carolina.... ... 40Three C's.. .............. 44.5Charleston and Savannah....... 90.5Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta............ .....178.8Cheraw and Chester......... 28 6Cheraw and Darlington....*..'..40.Cheraw and Salisbury......... 11.Chester and Lenoir.... ...... 37.Columbia and Greenville ....... 199.Eutawville railroad.. .. .. .. .. 35.Florence railroad ........... 17.5Georgetown and Western.. .. ... 36.Green Pond and Walterboro.... 12.Laurens railway........ .. ..29 9Northeastern.. ...........102.Palmetto railroad............. 11.2Port Royal and Augusta.. ....108.3Port Royal and Western Carolina............. .... .. ..211.2South Carolina railway.......245.Spartanburg, Union and Columbia . ........ .. .68.Wilmington, Chadbourne andConway................. 25.17Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta.. .... .... .... ......124.Total........... .... ...1913.82The following roads were in operation in South Carolina last year;Name of Road. Miles.Asheville and Spartanburg....91,50Atlanta *and Charlotte AirLine..................125.Blue Ridge................. 34.02Branchville and Bowman. ...11.Carolina and Cumberland Gap.. 24 25Carolina Midland...........5.Carolina and Northwestern. ..37.Central of South Carolina...41.7Charleston and Western Carolina319.51Charleston and Savannah...91.60Cheraw and Darlington.. .... ..98.77Columbia, Newberry and Laurens......... ........... 0Florence railroad.. ...... .. ..45.31Florida Central and Peninsular..103.85Georgia, Carolina and Northern....................136.50Georgetown and Western...36.Glenn Springs............... 10.Green Pond, Walterboro andBranchville.............12.Hampton and Branchville ...23.Layaster and Chester.. .... ..28 60Manchester and Augusta....1637 54Northeastern railroad .. ... ....103.10Ohio River & Charleston. .. 110.02Palmettorailroad........... .11.20South Carolina & Georgia....240.70Southern railway.. .... .......343.68Wilmington. Columbia & Augusta......... ............152.96Wilson and Summer ton.... ...40.70Walterboro and Western.. ....26.30Pickens railroad.. .... .. .... 9.Svern and Knoxville.. ..... ..17.Total................. 2621.32From the above it will be seen at aglance that railroad systems had absorbed a number of individual roads, butthe increase in the number of miles inuse was 707.9. The increase in thelength of side tracks was 123.71 miles.The increase noted establishes thefact that all through the time of financial depression, South Carolina wasstruggling to extend the railroad systems. which are prime factors and inthe opening of valuable territory andin the marketing of splendid resourcesotherwise inaccessitile. But whilc newlines were being built, the old were being improved and now no more resemnble the primitive tracks of a few yearsago than the city thoroughfare resembles the coudtry highway.The cumbersome hand brake, the"stemwinder," which occupied so muchroom on the platform and made traveling more wearisome, has been replacedby automatic air brakes. The link andpin couplings have given way to automatic arrangements. The coaches compared with th'ose a few years back arelike the light running buggy beside theomnibus.The road beds have been constantlygraded; trestles have been made moresecure and in many places filled in withdirt, clay and sand of former days arereplaced by rock ballast, and the lightiron rails, which splintered and crumbled, ave been taken up and heavysteel rails put down to permit heavytraffic and fast schedules.All these changes and improvementscost something, as will be shown by thevaluations placed upon- the roads andequipments in the year 1888 and 1898.In the former year the amonnt investedwas represented at $41,203,730.10 Lastyear the officialfigures showed that therailroad property in the State was valued at $319.34S,711.37. Truly a magnificent increase.The development of the means ofconveyance has also developed thebusiness of the railroads to a great degree, as shown by the following statistics:The income from passenger traffic in188 was $1,395,055 85. In 1898 $2.581.06 97. This indludes the incomefrom the United States mail which was$318 937.55 in 1888, and $438.328.20in 1898; and the income from express$132,180.48 iL 1888 and $157,254.13 in1898, showing that the great increasein passenger receipts during the decadewas not due to the mails or express butto actual travel.The total income in 1888 was $7,475.traffic in 1888 was $2,947,54S.40 andfor through freight $1,635,398.04. Thetotal freight income that year was $4,683,340.17. The freight income lastyear was not classified, but the totalwas $5,549,035 28. The income of theroads from freight and passenger trafficand from all other sources last year was$2,089,330.04, and the total expensesfor maintenance of ways and structuressalaries, taxes, etc., $5,926.612, showing a net income of $2,551.293.The total income in 1888 was $7.475,292.02 and the expenses $5,137,981.90, showing a net income of $2,337,310.12.While the railroads are evidentlyprospering, they have made great expenditures on the grouni work of whatis to be a great fabric of connecting andintersecting lines, for progress begetsprogress and in another decade it is safeto predict that there will be many morefine lines of road running into andthrough the State.THE ARMKLSS CONVICT.The Talk in Georgia About a Pardon.No Chance of It.A. 0. Jackson of Weat Point, Ga.,has sent the following interesting communication to The Atlanta Constitutionrelative to A. R. Fowler, the armlessforger and erstwhile preacher, who, according to the Georgia newspaper, isabout to be pardoned out of the SouthCarolina penitentiary. It is only necessary to say that at the governor's office nothing is known of any impending pardon for Fowler, on the contrary, Governor Ellerbe some time ago refused the petition and has announcedthat he will not again consider thecase:Editor Constitu.ion: Referring to A.R. Fowler, the armless preacher, inyour issues of the 21st and 22d insts.,he is refeired to as a Methodistpreacher. This, to my personal knowledge, is an error. He was a Presbyterian preacher, and, inthe language ofthe boys, must say he is a "slick duck."Mr. Thorn says his company paid him$1,666.66 for loss of one hand. Then,Fowler must i.a:e sold the-m t o h; forthe Casualty and Fidelity companypaid him $1.750 for the loss of hisright hand. I at the time representedthe conipany locally, and wrote him theinsurance. Fowler, about this timemade a transaction with G. WV. Poerand myself. We paid him part cashand gave him our note, without interest, payable in four months. A fewdays before this note became due, Fowler visited our city on a Monday, afterhaving filled the Presbyterian pulpit inLaGrange, Ga., the Sabbath before, andrequested us to cash the note, giving usa reasonable discount. We did so.After receiving the money, he wentthrough his pockets, and failing to findsaid note, said: "Gentlemen, I find Ileft your note at home with my wife. Iwill give you a binding receipt againstthe same, and immediately on my arrival home will send it to you."He being a preacher and Mason, weat the time did not question his honesty. But we now do, and to the tuneof $300. Gor, instead of his sending usthe note, it was sent by a bank ofClinton, S. C., then Fowler's home,through a bank of our city, for colketion. We had some correspondencewith Fowler, which amounted tonaught. Hence there was nothing leftfor us to do but pay the note again andto the bank at Clinton, S. C., theyclaiming to be innocent purchasers.Admitting the fact he is a nuisanceto the superintendent of the penitentia.-y, havieg to have a valet, would itbe wise to allow him to run at large?He has committed forgeries on hismother-in-law and brother in-law, andsold the notes to the leading membersof his church. I hear he writes fairlywell with his artificial hand, and isnow engaged in writing a book on hislife, "From the Pulpit to the Penitentiary." Why not allow him to remainin the penitentiary and make this bookhis life work, although he has to befurnished a valet?A. 0. Jackson.West Point, Ga., May 22, 1899.Tillman a Vice-President.The executive committee of the Boston anti-imperialist league Wednesdayelected, among others, the followingadditional vice presidents: SenatorDonelson Caffery of Louisiana, ex-Congressman W. Bourke Cockran of NewYork, Win. HI. Fleming of Georgia, cxCongressman Henry E. Johnson of Indiana, President iDavid Starr Jordon ofStandford university, Prof. He-manvon Hoist of Chicago university, Senator B. R. Tillman of South Carolina.It was also resolved to promulgate thefollowing resolution: " That the antiimperialist league should take immediate steps to establish and encourageclose relations with all associations andindividuals throughout the country whoare opposed to the imperial policy, witha view to organizing all the elements ofopposition to this policy for the mosteffective and united political action atthe proper time."Is it the best? Taste and see. Bestin taste, best in results. No nauseating dose, but so pleasant and natural ineffects that you forget you have. takenmedicine-Life for the Liver and KidSOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD.The Monument to Them at Winchester, Va., to be Unveiled.The following circular has been issued from the headquarters of theSouth Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans at Charleston:June 6th next it is proposed to unveil the monument i o South Carolina'sdead, who peacefully slumber at Winchester Va. The noble citizens ofWinchester extend a cordial invitationto the veterans of South Carolina to bepresent, and have offered the hospitality of their homes to such as can attend.To extend this invitation, Cl. JohnJ. Williams, commanding General Turner Ashby camp, No. 240, United Confederate Veterans, - came to Charlestonat our late reunion, out unfortunatelydid not have an opportunity of meeting.the South Carolina division as a wholebut he liberally extended this welcometo all whom he met. The divisioncommander regrets that circumstanceswere such that he could not present thisdistinguished veteran to his comradesfrom South Carolina. He urges allcamps, particularly those whose comrades lie buried at Winchester, andwhom those loving hands have thushonored, and whose devotion to theircountry is marked by this beautifulshaft, to send delegates to the unveiling ceremonies. The hospitablepeople of Winchester will welcomethem with open arms. Such delegations as propose visiting Winchester onthis occasion, will please reportpromptly to Col. Joh-n J. Willliams, sothat suitable quarters can be assignedthem.By command ofC. I. Walker.Comdg. S. C. Div., U. C. V.James G. Holmes,Adjt. Gen., Chief of Staff.Punishing a Sham Suicide.Miles Salisbury, a resident of Norwich, Conn., had a tiff with his wifeand determined to play a practical jokeon her. Obtaining an ounce bottle ofcarbolic acid he smeared a portion ofthe poison upon his heavy growth ofwhiskers, staggered into the room wherehis employer was sitting, said he wastired of life, had taken carbolic acid andasked that his wife be informed. Theemployer called two doctors by telephone and produced a cupful of mustard and warm water. When Salisburysaw the matter was being taken seriously he weakened and declared it was alla joke. This his employer refused tobelieve and aid was called, Salisburybeing held while the mixture was poureddown his throat. Then the two doctorsarrived, and in vain did the joker sputter, kick and protest. Emetics wereforced down his throat while Salisburyfought like a tiger. At last worn outwith his struggles and protestations hesuccumbed, and the doctors thinking hewas sinking put a stomach pump downhis throat and worked it vigorously.This caused the patient to nearly faintaway and he was given heroic treatmentto revive him. At last the doctors hadtime to look into Salisbury'- mouth andfound he had no poison. The physicians left in disgust, but it.will requiresome time to restore Salisbury to hisnormal condition.An Ovation to Gen. Wheeler.Gen. Joe Wheeler was the most conspicuous feature of the military paradeof the Washington Peace Jubilee. Herode in one of the handsomest carriagesin Washington, and the horses drawingthe vehicle seemed to realize that theoccupant of the carriage was worthy oftheir best efforts, for as they passedthe Presidential reviewing stand theyfairly danced with the music of theband just ahead. The crowd all alongthe route of the procession gave Gen.Wheeler a continuous ovation, and theoccupants of the President's stand, inluding the President, gave the gallantlittle officer a great demonstration.The General, not content with liftinghis hat and bowing to the Presidentialparty, arose in his carriage and remained standing until he had passedthe reviewing stand. This unusualstyle of a military salute also caughtthe crowd, and the enthusiasm continued until he rolled out of sight. He wasattired in the regulation uniform of abrigadier general in the United Statesarmy, with side arms and sash. Hiscompanion in the carriage was thetreasurer of the jubilee fund.Our Cotton Mills.The Baltimore Sun prints a dispatchfrom Greenville, S. C., which affordssome interesting reading for the peopleof the State: "The annual meetingof the variouis cotton 'nills in this section are about over, and they show unprecedented profits. For instance, theAmerican Spinning Company, capital$125000, shows net profits of $37,000;the Piedmont Mills, over $125,000; theHuguenot Mills, $63.000, and others inlike proportion. Now, while theseprofits seem large, the profit for the current year 'will be much larger. ThePoe Mill, which made $24,000 fortwelve months last year, is now making6.000 per month net. This prosperitywill add many spindles to the mills ofthe South. Already the stock for a$600,000 mill at Anderson, S. C., hasbeen raised. A 23,000 spindle millwill be built at Belton, S. C. Possiblythe easiest thing in the world to donow in thi3 section is to raise half amillion dollars to build a cotton mill.All of them have paid good dividends,and there is all confidence in the future, certainly so far as this year is concerned."A Rich Beggar.Charles Burkowitz, a blind beggar ofNew York, who for a long time has fregiented the shopping district of themetropolis and who was arrested theother day for insulting a woman who refused to give to him, is said to be theowner of two tene?ments, each valued at$2,000. and to have large sums ofmoney in several of the savings banksof the city.Advertising PaysA Missouri woman advertised for ahusband. She got one at the cost of$9. lie afterwards enlisted and waskilled at Manila. She got $3,000 lifeinsurance and will get a widow's pension as long as she lives. Yet someWHITES SHOT DOWNBy a Notorious Negro at Cameron, Georgia.WHO MAKES HIS ESCAPE.The Murderer Being HuntedDown, and the Peoplefor Miles Around AreGreatly Excited.A special dispatch from Oliver Ga.to the Atlanta Journal says Mr. FaEvans, of Cameron, a station on theCentral, ten miles above there, wasshot and instanly killed Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Sam Perry, anotorious Negro. Mr. J. B. Proctorwas also fafally shot by the same party,and though he is alive at2 o'clock W. -nesday afternoon, it is not-expectedhewill survive the day. He is now rapidly sinking.The tragedy was the result of theimputance of Perry's wife, who was cursing and vilely abusing the children ofMr. Proctor during the absence of theirfather, their motner being dead. Thewoman was abusing "white folks" -ingeneral, and the insult to the littlechildren was most revolting.Frank Evans, who heard the woman,stepped up to offer resentment. As hedid so Sam Perry, the woman's husband, rushed out of his house with adrawn revolver and began shooting atEvans, cursing and abusing him all thewhile in the most terrific manner.Evans fell at the first shot and diedwtbout even a groan. At this juneture Mr. Proctor appeared on the sceneand was shot down in his tracks, twobullets entering his body. Proctor'sson was also shot at, but not hit.Thomas Lee, another prominent citizen, who was driving in his buggy,rushed toward the Negro and was alshot, but not seiuously the revolver bythis time being empty.Perry began quickly to reload hispistol, but before he could do so BrownEvans, a brother of one of the murdered men, appeared at the head of aposse of men, crying to the top of hisvoice:"He has killed my only brother andI will kill him if it takes me a lifetime."The Negro ran and though shot at bythe posse, escaped to the woods. TheNegro woman had already escaped during the fusilade and excitement.All the railroad agents were immediately notified of the murder and mobswere organized at every station to searchfor the criminal.All night the search continued andThursday the posse are being augmented from every section of the community. There, are now no less than onehundred well-armed men looking for themurderer, and though he has thus farevaded capture, it is considered certainthat he will be in possession of themob before another day.Squads are now stationed a miteapart on all the public roads and crossings. Every boat landing along theSavannah and Ogeechee rivers for mileseach way will be guagled, so that hemaay be confined in this scope of country. The county is ablaze with excitement, and should he be captured he willbe lynched and probably burned, aswas Sam Hose near Newnan.Perry's wife was captured by the mobin the swamp near Halcyondale, and itis not improbable that she will also belynched. She was trying to join herhusband when captured.Perry is described as low and chunky,of gingercake color, moustache and sidewhiskers, and is bow-legged.. He hasbeen sullen and impudent to the whitessince the recent lynchings in Georgia,and is considered a desperate Negro under all circumstances.Frank Evans, who was killed was amost estimable young man. He wasason of Mr. Charlie Evans and grandsonof Dr. J. F. Brown. Mr. Proctor was60 years old and a well respected farmer.Try Our Plan.The Brooklyn Eagle is alarmed atthe growth of the divorce habit at theNorth and demands greater regard forthe sanctity of marriage. It says:"Most persons do not seek divorce because their marriage bonds are intoler- -able, but because they think some othermarriage bonds will be more to theirtaste." That is true, and the dangerof permitting divorce from intolerab~emarriage bonds is that it opens the floodgates to people who seek diyerces forno higher reason than a desire for anew deal of husbands and wives. InSouth Carolina the flood gates are irrevocably closed. The result is good.Marriage is a sacred sacrament in thisstate, not lightly entered into, since itis to last until death parts.-ColumbiaRecord.Gov. Ellerbs'Very Sick.The reports that come from Governor Ellerbe are not so cheering as theywere a few days ago. He has againbeen compelled to take to his bed.Since he went to Sellers he has beensitting up a good deal, and occasionallyhis physicians have permitted him toexercise his will power and take an occasional ride. They have ordered him,however, to cease these exercises.Those who have seen him in the lastday or two say that he continues ingood spirits, notwithstanding his extremely weak conditon.Dewey in Bad Health.A dispatch from Hong Kong says theUnited States eruiser Olympia, withAdmiral Dewey on board, has arrivedfrom Manila. She was saluted by theships of all nationalities. AdmiralDewey is in bad health, being too ill to*ttend the Queen's birthday dinner.The Olympia is going in dock here andwill remain ten days at this port.A Pastor's Revenge.As the result of a misunderstandingwith his landlord, Gottlieb Burkhart,Rev. Albert Brachlos, who recently resigned as pastor of the German ReformZion church at Cumberland, Md.,placed a large placard in the upstaiiswindow labeled ''Haunted House" andlocked a ferocious bulldog in the building. The afair crated asnation.